Safe schools with beautiful campus?

Kenyon and Sewanee are both quite gothic-ky. If you are serious about either, visit. Particularly at Sewanee, a campus visit counts for a lot.

Lehigh has a beautiful, contained campus, and most students seem to be in the 30-33 ACT superscore range where you are. They also offer undergraduate business, unlike many of the colleges already listed.

Here is a link to some photos of the campus. https://www.google.com/search?q=lehigh+campus&biw=1240&bih=662&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwik3oPBxLjQAhVK2IMKHa9gDsoQ_AUIBigB

Lehigh seems like an obvious choice for a student from NJ who likes old stone buildings. And Lehigh’s natural setting – on the steeply sloping side of a mountain, with staircases everywhere – makes the buildings seem even more imposing. The [Lehigh Class of 2020](University Statistics | Lehigh University) had more students from NJ (25%) than from any other state, including Pennsylvania (only 24%). Probably not a safety in this case though.

This link offers some decent views of a range of schools:

http://www.collegerank.net/beautiful-campus-quads/

Miami. Also near Cincinnati is Hanover, which is similar to Miami, but much smaller. Yes, the VP elect and Woody Harrelson are both grads, and I think they were there at about the same time. So judging based on famous alumni won’t help at all. Nice, smaller, classic looking college. Was on our short list.

Loyola University Maryland has both education and business/accounting majors. It may not quite be an admission safety. Average entering GPA is 3.45, average SAT-M and SAT-CR are each around 600. 27 ACT. Admit rate has been about 60%. It’s expensive (> $60K) but offers fairly good need-based aid. Baltimore is a high crime city overall, but Loyola seems to be in a fairly safe section (with a nice campus that includes collegiate Gothic and Tudor-style buildings).

Some of the other “regional” Catholic colleges might work.
http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/regional-universities-north

Quite a few LACs in New England, the mid-Atlantic, or neighboring states satisfy most of the OP’s criteria. Consider Kenyon, Gettysburg, Dickinson, Skidmore, Connecticut College, etc. However, some of these schools aren’t safeties or even very low targets. They won’t necessarily offer either business or education majors, let alone both.

First please forgive me for recommending a school I haven’t visited, but have only seen photos and videos of… but Franklin & Marshall looks beautiful and has a somewhat unique spin on their business education, favoring “critical thinking and analysis over memorizing techniques”:

http://www.fandm.edu/business/courses

Also at 31 ACT would be above the 75%. And I have been to Lancaster many times, very beautiful area.